Provide financial support of the activities carried out by the south dakota animal industry board in keeping with USDA's animal ID and traceability efforts

Activities to be performed: south dakota's ADT coordinator will complete trace exercises and evaluate the TPM performance. They will work with aphis VS for the distribution of tags for official ID and maintain their website with current information on official IDS and how to obtain pins. They will provide outreach for 392 USDA accredited veterinarians done through newsletters, their website, and info meetings to provide updates on ADT and the importance of the timely submission of ecvis. Deliverables and expected outcomes: south dakota's push towards being fully electronic will enhance traceability in an animal health event. Faster tracing ability will keep the spread of disease at a minimum. Intended beneficiary(IES): this award will directly benefit many stakeholders including 35 federally approved livestock markets and around 80 veterinary clinics that receive eids and work on the over 3.5M head of cattle in the state. IT will also indirectly benefit ~10M consumers through food safety with the tracing and mitigation of animal diseases. Subrecipient activities, if known or specified at the time of award: none. Budget: recipient personnel and fringe-- $43,081; RE cipient travel in state and to attend relevant conferences-- $4,500; supplies-- $3,900; contractual- tracefirst IT contract and outreach education and communication-- $32,300. This award has been considered under the ocio AAR process pursuant to their recent me morandum. This agreement is under AAR FY26 aphis adtis state agreements submission ID: ASUB0100476; approval ID: AAR0002052